Bay Area Spotlight: Khalil Cash’s “All Gas” slaps violently

Khalil Cash’s dark track “All Gas” is pretty solid, with an unconvential rap style that’s head-turning enough to make it work. It sounds slightly distorted, but not enough to figure out if any voice alterting tools have been used. Maybe he recorded twice and lowered the pitch one set of vocals? It’ll leave you scratching your head. But the song itself is fire, if not a little too short.

The visual is pretty standard. Khalil and crew rap his song hard enough to let you know that A. Khalil is not to be toyed with, and B. his song is as hard as he believes it to be. Pounding production that utilizes repeating piano riffs helps this to sound like a club slap that’ll ignite the dance floor when played over the next couple of weeks.

Cookie Money gets reflective on “Came Up”

The “Started from the bottom” narrative of hip-hop will never get old. The genre, founded as a response to disco music but eventually would become a culture for the downtrodden, embraces the story because so many of us come from similar upbringings. Oakland, CA’s Cookie Money is someone that embodies this narrative, coming from the bottom and he’s rapidly headed towards success. On his new single “Came Up” he looks back at his journey and his doubters. Now, he can do doughnuts in expensive cars because he can afford to. His money’s good, he’s happy, and he’s coming up. What more could one ask for?

Stunna Girl is a sexy, dangerous femme fatale in “On The Record”

The first thing that you’ll notice about Sacramento’s Stunna Girl is that she’s high class like Saweetie, but violent like Cuban Doll. She’s an interesting character and her music incorporates these extremes smartly, enough to make her particular glitzy brand of trap music have more substance than one would initially expect. Her new single “On The Record” is a certified smash, the visual helping to make her sex appeal more easily understood by the general public. Both the song and the video are great extensions of her personality and we can’t wait to see more of her.

If you watch SandMan’s “On The Scale,” don’t watch it at work

Sandman traveled to a strip club and filmed “On The Scale,” a hard-hitting new track from the Detroit native. The song itself is a captivating listen, his suprisingly calm delivery being at odds with the visual aesthetic on display. And that aesthetic consists of booty, lots of booty. So much, in fact, that you may not see the same set of glutes twice. But the song is clearly built for strip club play, so it’s great that the visual reinforces that focus.